Forget 9/11. That wasn’t a man made disaster. That was terrorism. Look no further than Australia to find a man made disaster.

Back in January, Australia was reeling from the Brisbane floods. I noted it, thought it was a shame and haven’t thought much about it since. That’s my luxury since it is nearly on the exact opposite side of the world.

Here something I didn’t know. The Brisbane flood was considered a damn-release-flood. The government agency that operates of the damn claimed that 1 in 2000 year rain fall forced him to release the water. That assertion is being called into question.

But no such rainfall event was measured by any rainfall gauges. Instead, the claim was manufactured by SEQWater after it modelled the rapid rise of levels in the dam, repositioned rainfall data to an area immediately upstream of the dam, and then doubled it.

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Wow!

H/T to WattsUpWithThat?

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